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3232140449622Sense of Place — River of Hope – The Columbia: From Source to Seahttps://gorgeowned.org/salmon-dreams-columbia-river-treaty/
Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:00:22 +0000https://gorgeowned.org/?p=6499Join Gorge Owned Wednesday, March 14, 7PM at Columbia Center for the Arts for “River of Hope – The Columbia: From Source to Sea,” the last Sense of Place Lecture of the season. Presenters include Peter Marbach, renowned landscape photographer and Gorge resident. Marbach will open the evening showing the beauty of the entire 1,250 […]

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Peter Marbach is a renowned landscape photographer. He has worked with a diverse group of clients, from National Geographic to Travel Oregon. His work is part of a permanent collection at Oregon State University. In 2017, the Oregon Historical Society hosted a three-month solo exhibit on Peter’s current project entitled, RIVER OF HOPE: The Columbia – From Source to Sea.

Gorge Owned is calling for nominations for the seventh annual Tod J. LeFevre Sustainability Champion awards. This award celebrates individuals, businesses, and students working on innovative, creative solutions to the environmental, economic, and social issues facing the Gorge. This year, winners will be announced at the Gorge March for Science on Saturday, April 28 at Rheingarten Park in White Salmon.

Nominate a Champion!

About the Tod J. Lefevre Sustainability Award

Tod J. LeFevre

This award is named after Tod J. LeFevre, a longtime resident of Hood River and a true champion of sustainability. Tod passed away on March 7, 2011 when his long struggle with pulmonary fibrosis ended before donor lungs could be found. Among many other things, Tod was a respected civil engineer, a mountaineer, skier, adventurer, innovator and teacher. He launched a solar engineering and installation firm, Common Energy, which is now owned by his wife Marti and Scott Sorensen. Tod and Marti have two children, Cassell and Sutton Bell. We honor Tod and his humble determination to make our community and this world a better place.

2017 Tod J. Lefevre Sustainability Champions

John Nelson

Individual

What Makes John a Champion

Since retiring as a school teacher, John has dedicated his life to serving on numerous boards and in leadership of advocacy and conservation groups here in the Gorge. He serves on the board of Friends of the Gorge, in leadership of Protecting Oregon’s Progress, on the board of the N Wasco County school district, as a planning commissioner for the City of the Dalles, on a forestry commission, and more. He also led the community-driven campaign to prevent Walmart from breaking ground in the Dalles years ago, has been a tireless advocate for clean air in The Dalles, and is a water monitor volunteer for Columbia Riverkeeper. John exemplifies a life led in service for community and environmental stewardship.

Columbia Gorge Women's Action Network

Business/non-profit

What Makes CGWAN a Champion

Launching less than 5-months ago as a private Facebook group with a handful of members, the Columbia Gorge Women’s Action Network has blossomed into a strong and supportive network of women activists working locally to protect democracy, human rights for all, free and fair media, and a safe environment. Now, with nearly 2,000 members, the Women’s Action Network has made quick work of organizing and harnessing local passion and energy to advocate for a just and sustainable region, all through volunteer engagement. Learn more about the network at CGWAN.org. Congratulations to Mike Mayfield, Kirsten Dennis, and the rest of the leadership at the Columbia Gorge Women’s Action Network!

Isis Stenn

Student

What Makes Isis a Champion

Isis was nominated for this year’s award by Hood River Mayor Paul Blackburn, who called her “a powerful and compelling advocate”. Isis has been an active member of the May Street Robo Dragons club, which championed a reusable bag program in Hood River grocery stores. Her advocacy against the use of disposable plastic bags and her presentation to the Hood River City Council contributed to the city-wide ban on plastic shopping bags that recently took effect in Hood River. Isis continues to fundraise for and distribute reusable bags and stickers throughout the community, reminding us all to bring our bags when we go shopping!

]]>6622Sense of Place – Steamboats & Captains of the Columbiahttps://gorgeowned.org/steamboats/
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:00:13 +0000https://gorgeowned.org/?p=6487Climb aboard with Captain Tom Cramblett, a third generation Gorge resident, whose love of the Gorge and passion for the historical importance of the sternwheelers, and their captains, set him on a continuing journey of research and discovery. Sense of Place lecture series - Feb. 14, 2018

Climb aboard with Captain Tom Cramblett, a third generation Gorge resident, whose love of the Gorge and passion for the historical importance of the sternwheelers, and their captains, set him on a continuing journey of research and discovery.

When the Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge was launched 34 years ago, Tom Cramblett signed on as a deckhand and quickly worked his way up to Captain. His connection with the river goes back to the days when steam-powered sternwheelers plied the Columbia River when his grandfather operated one of the many wood scows that supplied those sternwheelers with fuelwood cut from the forests in the Stevenson – Cascade Locks area.

Drawing on his years of exploring historical records, gathering photos, and talking with the descendants of early river pioneers, and then blending it with his many years of following in their footsteps as he navigated a sternwheeler on the river, Captain Tom offers a unique and fascinating look into the world of people and events of yesterday. It’s a world full of rough and tumble characters, cutthroat business dealings, visionaries, hard-working folks, tragedies, and amazing accomplishments, all shaping this place we call The Gorge.

Meet the Captains: William Gray (The Dalles), H. C. Coe (Hood River), Peter de Huff (The Dalles), Earnest Spencer (BZ Corners), and Charles Spencer (Cascade Locks). And while these captains faced the challenges of navigating their boats through raging currents, howling winds, and temperamental steam engines, in the background, powerful businessmen, such as John C Ainsworth, Simeon Reed, Henry Villard, D. F. Bradford, and Benjamin Holladay, constantly jockeyed for control of the river, the boats, the portages, and the railroads that were the lifeblood of commerce along the Columbia.

]]>6487Hanford: Our River Runs Through Ithttps://gorgeowned.org/handford-river-runs/
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 08:17:49 +0000https://gorgeowned.org/?p=6266Coming January 10 Sense of Place lecture series – Hanford: Our River Runs Through it The Pacific Northwest is home to the United States’ most contaminated place, the Hanford Nuclear Site. Join Gorge Owned for a panel discussion that will explore the history of Hanford’s plutonium production, the contamination that persists as a result, and […]

The Pacific Northwest is home to the United States’ most contaminated place, the Hanford Nuclear Site. Join Gorge Owned for a panel discussion that will explore the history of Hanford’s plutonium production, the contamination that persists as a result, and the importance of the last free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River known as the Hanford Reach.

The panel will include:

Dirk Dunning, a recently retired Hanford expert from the Oregon Department of Energy

]]>6266Woody Guthrie Podcast Now Availablehttps://gorgeowned.org/woody-guthrie-podcast-release-nov-16/
Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:01:59 +0000https://gorgeowned.org/?p=5508Get your ears ready for the Thursday, Nov. 8, release of "Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River Songs", the next captivating podcast in the Hear in the Gorge podcast series. It's a remarkable remembrance and celebration of one of America’s best known protest folksingers who went to work for a very short while for the federal government.

“Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River Songs“, the next captivating podcast in the Hear in the Gorge podcast series is now available on all our outlets. This podcast is a remarkable remembrance and celebration of one of America’s best known protest folksingers who went to work for a very short while for the federal government. When Woody toured the Columbia River and the Pacific Northwest he said he “couldn’t believe it, it’s a paradise”, and that inspired him to write 26 songs, that are now considered iconic for the region, in just 30 days.

When folksinger Woody Guthrie strolled into the Bonneville Power Administration in 1941, he played a song or two on his guitar, filled out some paperwork, and was hired by the federal government to write narration songs for BPA movies like “The Columbia“. And then, just as abruptly as it began, this odd-couple story came to an end. The folk singer’s 30 days at BPA is considered one of the single most productive bursts in his fruitful songwriting career. We track down the man who rediscovered this complicated history and get to the heart of what caused the federal government to hire a “scruffy radical folksinger” to write songs about the promise of dams in the Pacific Northwest.

All the compelling podcasts in the Hear in the Gorge series are available NOW on SoundCloud, iTunes, Stitcher, and TuneIn where you can also Subscribe to hear each new podcast as soon as it is released.

Join Gorge Owned’s network of local businesses, nonprofits and families for delicious food and drink, live music featuring Ben Bonham, great raffle prizes, silent auction, and other FUNdraising activities. This is GO!’s only fundraiser of the year and supports all of GO!’s programming, including the GO! Local campaign, Sense of Place Lecture Series, Green Drinks, and a new community conversation series launching soon. Come celebrate your love for the Gorge and show your support for Gorge Owned!

Visit go.rallyup.com/govember17 to purchase event tickets, raffle tickets, or to bid on online auction items! You do not need to be present to win the raffle or auction items.

Great raffle prizes, including a custom built Kona Rove DL bike (MSRP $1,099)! Raffle tickets are $6 each or 5 for $25, and can be purchased at https://go.rallyup.com/govember17. Raffle drawn on November 10th at 8:30PM.

]]>4159GO! Green Drinks- Building Community with the Mt. Hood Town Hallhttps://gorgeowned.org/go-green-drinks-building-community-mt-hood-town-hall/
Tue, 08 Aug 2017 22:33:40 +0000https://gorgeowned.org/?p=4566Join Gorge Owned on Wednesday September 13, 2017 from 5:30-7 p.m. for Green Drinks at Mt. Hood Town Hall in in Parkdale, OR. Learn about the history of this former schoolhouse for the upper Hood River Valley and the efforts to restore the Mt. Hood Town Hall to a vibrant community center hosting Art, yoga, […]

Join Gorge Owned on Wednesday September 13, 2017 from 5:30-7 p.m. for Green Drinks at Mt. Hood Town Hall in in Parkdale, OR. Learn about the history of this former schoolhouse for the upper Hood River Valley and the efforts to restore the Mt. Hood Town Hall to a vibrant community center hosting Art, yoga, cooking classes, New Visions Pre-school and more. Volunteers and community members have worked tirelessly for more than 10 years to breathe life back into this historic structure and the community it serves.

Come out to share in the community spirit and enjoy drinks and snacks from local businesses. Brought to you by Gorge Owned and member businesses, Green Drinks is a monthly networking event that aims to raise awareness about environmentally friendly business practices while providing a quality networking opportunity for members of the community. Cost of admission is a $5 suggested donation, waived for Gorge Owned members.

Join Gorge Owned on Monday August 7th, 2017 from 5:30-7 for Green Drinks at The Griffin House in Hood River. Why is the Columbia a target for fossil fuel exports? How have river communities bagged major victories against the deep-pocketed fossil fuel industry? Columbia Riverkeeper’s Staff Attorney, Lauren Goldberg, will present on how fracked gas projects, coal export, and oil-by-rail threaten the Columbia River. Learn how the public is fighting back—from grassroots organizing, to cutting edge lawsuits, to advocating for new laws to protect public safety, clean water, and strong salmon runs. Get inspired and informed during Columbia Riverkeeper’s talk at Green Drinks.

Come enjoy the views of the Griffin House on the Columbia River Gorge and enjoy a glass of wine and light appetizers. Brought to you by Gorge Owned and member businesses, Green Drinks is a monthly networking event that aims to raise awareness about environmentally friendly business practices while providing a quality networking opportunity for members of the community. Cost of admission is a $5 suggested donation, waived for Gorge Owned members.

]]>4564GO! Green Drinks at Syncline Wineryhttps://gorgeowned.org/go-green-drinks-syncline-winery/
Sat, 01 Jul 2017 22:29:22 +0000https://gorgeowned.org/?p=4562Join us Tuesday, July 11th, 5:30 to 7 p.m. for Green Drinks at Syncline Winery in Lyle, WA. Owners Poppie and Mark Mantone will provide a vineyard and garden tour and talk about sustainability practices used in their winemaking process. The couple’s experience with bio-dynamic farming plays an integral role and connection to the land […]

]]>Join us Tuesday, July 11th, 5:30 to 7 p.m. for Green Drinks at Syncline Winery in Lyle, WA. Owners Poppie and Mark Mantone will provide a vineyard and garden tour and talk about sustainability practices used in their winemaking process. The couple’s experience with bio-dynamic farming plays an integral role and connection to the land and to the community are values exemplified in their wines and their business model.

Enjoy Syncline’s spectacular views, delightful wines and delicious hors d’oeuvres. Brought to you by Gorge Owned and member businesses, Green Drinks is a monthly networking event that aims to raise awareness about environmentally friendly business practices while providing a quality networking opportunity for members of the community. Cost of admission is a $5 suggested donation, waived for Gorge Owned members.

In the summer of 2013 a father and son set out on their first camping trip together. They did what millions of people do every year and headed to Mt. Hood. For the 10-year old boy, it was a dream come true and he was prepared, but then the trip took a turn they never saw coming. In this episode we hear from two Crag Rats and the father of the boy, to learn just what happens when things go wrong in the wilderness.

Listen to the Crag Rats podcast (30:28) about the oldest mountain search & rescue team in the country. The 2nd in theHear in the Gorgepodcast series – AVAILABLE HERE

Hear in the Gorge is a new series of radio-documentary styled podcasts that delve into the stories unique to the Gorge. The podcasts highlight archival audio, as well as storytelling from locals and experts, creating gripping and moving nonfiction narratives about the Columbia River Gorge and its heritage.